03604nam 2200601 450 991046157250332120200520144314.01-283-19530-597866131953020-567-23155-0(CKB)2670000000106552(EBL)742561(OCoLC)741687260(SSID)ssj0000522575(PQKBManifestationID)11355422(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522575(PQKBWorkID)10528495(PQKB)10052703(MiAaPQ)EBC742561(Au-PeEL)EBL742561(CaPaEBR)ebr10869547(CaONFJC)MIL319530(OCoLC)893335554(EXLCZ)99267000000010655220140519h19941994 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA feminist companion to Samuel and Kings /edited by Athalya BrennerSheffield, England :Sheffield Academic Press,[1994]©19941 online resource (287 p.)The feminist companion to the Bible ;5Description based upon print version of record.1-85075-480-2 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: WOMEN AS VEHICLES FOR HISTORIOGRAPHY: LIMINALITY AND ANONYMITY; Living on the Edge: The Liminality of Daughters in Genesis to 2 Samuel; Anonymous Women and the Collapse of the Monarchy: A Study in Narrative Technique; Part II: A MODEL MOTHER: HANNAH; 'Am I Not More Devoted To You Than Ten Sons?' (1 Samuel 1.8): Male and Female Interpretations; Hannah: Marginalized Victim and Social Redeemer; Hannah and her Sacrifice: Reclaiming Female Agency; Part III: WOMEN AND MONARCHS; The Pleasure of Her TextKing David and 'his' Women: Biblical Stories and Talmudic DiscussionsThe Bearing of Wisdom on the Shape of 2 Samuel 11-12 and 1 Kings 3; A Response to The Bearing of Wisdom'; Part IV: QUEEN MOTHERS?; The Status and Right of the g[sup(e)]bîrâ; The Queen Mother in the Judaean Royal Court: Maacah-A Case Study; Jezebel Re-Vamped; Part V: FEMALE, FEMALENESS/PROPHETS, PROPHECY; Toward a 'Female' Reading of the Elijah Cycle: Ideology and Gender in the Interpretation of 1 Kings 17-19, 21 and 2 Kings 1-2.18; The Great Woman of Shunem and the Man of God: A Dual Interpretation of 2 Kings 4.8-37Huldah the Prophet-of Yahweh or Asherah?Epilogue: WOMEN IN LATER HISTORIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY; Out from the Shadows: Biblical Women in the Post-Exilic Era; BibliographyA stimulating collection of studies by leading feminist scholars offering radical readings of the Old Testament books of Samuel and Kings. Although gender ideology may have been only a 'side issue' for the writers of these texts, the articles in this collection show that it is definitely a constituent of the general ideological framework of this section of Israel's historiography, and they explore the texts for women's lives, female voices, gendered types, and the presence of women in the written history. As Athalya Brenner states in her introduction to the volume, in looking at the presentatiFeminist companion to the Bible ;5.Electronic books.222.406Brenner AthalyaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461572503321A feminist companion to Samuel and Kings1989002UNINA